Word: margins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...games were lost by more than a one goal margin, and the final contest, with Yale was more or less in the nature of a normal triumph for Kershaw's charges. The Blue team, undefeatd in all its starts and rated as one of the best soccer outfits in the East was barely able to squeeze out a 2 to 1 victory after a hard struggle...
...Intercollegiates at New York, Captain Reid ran a classy field into the ground to win by a good margin. The team took sixth place...
Sirs: A Life Actuary could readily compute a fair price based on Mortality and Experience Tables, as the average life time - expectancy - should serve as a sound basis for a Life Subscription Rate. The Tables are averages which produce a reasonable margin of profit to a Life Insurance Company; used by TIME, they should result similarly. On the other hand, if one's age determines the rate, you would be at the mercy of the sub scriber, as his honesty might make you, his dishonesty break you. L. G. WELCHER...
...Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The Tinkham amendment was probably as illegal as the Hoch. But Northern Republicans have for many years threatened to "do something" about Southern disfranchisement of the Negro, and here was an admirable opportunity to do it. So the Tinkham amendment was passed, by a narrow margin Amid hysterical excitement, Congressman Tinkham kept hopping up and down, while his huge black beard bristled with triumph as he watched the (momentary) victory of his long-championed but apparently hopeless cause...
...Combustion, Montgomery Ward, U. S. Cast Iron Pipe, Warner Bros., and many a speculative favorite. Inasmuch as the first five of the half dozen listed closed last week at only a few points above their lows for the year, Mr. Durant was widely rumored as having been pressed for margin and as liquidating much of his holdings. There was a suspicion, indeed, that the Durant shirt, if not lost, had at least been temporarily mislaid. It was also observed that brokers who handle Mr. Durant's stocks have been among the heavy sellers during the past week...